Twitter is currently buzzing about the death of Dennis Ritchie, the visionary creator of UNIX and C, among other things. We hope it's just a false rumor. Story developing, we will be updating. Update: Unfortunately, it seems to be confirmed. Rob Pike, co-creator of the Plan 9 and Inferno OSes, who has worked with Ritchie in the past, and he's currently working for Google's GO language, posted this.

- I would compare Mother Theresa with Paris Hilton
- I would compare Justin Bieber with John Lennon
- I would compare Mobutu Sese Seko with Gandhi
- I would compare Joseph Stalin with Winston Churcill
- I would compare Dubya with FDR
- I would compare Andy Warhol with Vincent van Gogh
- I would compare Eddie Murphy with Morgan Freeman
- I would compare Rob Schneider with Robert de Niro
- I would compare Twilight's author with Shakespeare
- I would compare Steve Jobs with Dennis Ritchie